王爾德《自深深處》讀書筆記例文

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1891年,處在寫作生涯巔峰期的王爾德遇見了阿爾弗雷德·“波西”·道格拉斯(Alfred "Bosie" Douglas),兩人很快成為了同性戀人。四年後,因為這段“不敢說出名字的愛”,王爾德 被判“有傷風化”罪而入獄。在獄中,王爾德開始反思從前的生活,思索痛苦和人生的意義,藝術和愛的真諦 ,最終將那些痛苦的淚水都化作優美而深沉的文字,寫成了這封名為"de profundis"(從深處)的'長信。

王爾德《自深深處》讀書筆記例文

作者簡介:奧斯卡·王爾德(Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900),英國維多利亞時代著名作家, “唯美主義運動”的領軍人物,倡導“為藝術而藝術”(Art for art's sake)。他的代表作有 戲劇《莎樂美》(Salome)《認真的重要性》(The Importance of Being Earnest),童話《快樂王子》(The Happy Prince) 《夜鶯與玫瑰》(The Nightingale and the Rose),小說《道連·格雷的畫像》(The Picture of Dorian Gray), 以及書信《自深深處》(De Profundis)等。

【原著選段】

I need not go on further with moreinstances of the strange Doom you seem to havebrought on me in all things big or little. It makes mefeel sometimes as if you yourself had been merely apuppet worked by some secret and unseen hand tobring terrible events to a terrible issue. But puppetsthemselves have passions. They will bring a new plotinto what they are presenting, and twist the orderedissue of vicissitude to suit some whim or appetiteof their own. To be entirely free, and at the sametime entirely dominated by law, is the eternalparadox of human life that we realise at everymoment; and this, I often think, is the onlyexplanation possible of your nature, if indeed forthe profound and terrible mysteries of a humansoul there is any explanation at all, except onethat makes the mystery more marvellous still.

【朱純深譯本】

我用不著再舉更多的例子來說明了,不管是大事小事,你好像都給我帶來莫名其妙的厄運。這使我有時覺得你本人似乎不過是為哪隻神祕的、看不見的手所操縱的傀儡,來把一個可怕的局面弄得更加不可收拾。但是傀儡們自己也並非無情無慾。他們也會讓要他們表演的東西平添曲折,心血來潮便把人間炎涼興衰的前因後果扭曲,以遂他們的哪個心願。要全然的自由,同時又要全然地受制於律法,這是我們時時感受到的人生永恆的弔詭;而這一點,我常常想,只能是你性情的唯一可能的解釋,如果說對人性那深邃可怕的神祕,除了越說越神之外,的確能有什麼解釋的話。

【讀書筆記】

1、issue結局,後果;問題,議題,事件,爭端;發行,(書刊的)期號。

【舉例】There is no chance of a happy issue.這事不可能有一個圓滿的結局。

the burning issues of the day當今燃眉之急的問題

the issue at stake存亡攸關的大事

settle an issue 解決爭端

the May issue of the magazine 五月號的雜誌

2、twist使轉動;使扭曲;曲解

【舉例】Twist the handle to the right and the door will open.將把手向右轉,門就會打開了。

He fell and twisted his ankle. 他摔了一跤,把腳踝摔傷了。

He twisted my words. 他曲解了我的話。

3、profund深的,深邃的,深沉的,深奧的,根深蒂固的

【舉例】the profound depth of the sea大海的深處

a profound sigh長嘆

a profund theory深奧的理論

a profound disease 痼疾

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